Glossier founder and CEO Emily Weiss isn't relying on celebrity endorsements to get her beauty products out there. She's harnessing the power of social media and tells CNN's Poppy Harlow the brands of the future will be "co-created."

Sakai has been Japan's undisputed "City of Blades" since the mid-16th century -- nearly 90% of all Japanese-style chef knives are made there. Now, city authorities are hoping e-commerce will help keep the craft alive.

Euglena is smaller than the thickness of human hair. A Tokyo-based company named after this tiny organism is set to break ground on Japan's first algae biofuel refinery and hopes to help power planes by 2020.